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Inner Fitness Program

The Inner Fitness program is designed for accelerated transformation and awakening from the “Inside-Out”.  It is a comprehensive and practical program for people seeking to heal old wounds, navigate life with greater ease, learn to feel and communicate effectively, improve personal and professional relationships, cultivate inner peace, and manifest their uniquely authentic, fulfilling and joyous life.  And, Inner Fitness is fun!

 

Lesson 1: Change Your Mind
Yes, it’s possible to change our mind! And by change, I mean transform. We have a most incredible power to choose the way we see, interpret and respond to our life’s circumstances. Imagine putting on a whole new lens that quiets our well worn harmful patterns of thoughts and behaviors and allows us to see and respond with clarity and wisdom.

Lesson 1 focuses on self-awareness and cultivating the skill to shift from living in the default paradigm of fear and scarcity to living from wisdom, truth and love.

 

Lesson 2: Healthy Inner Dialogue
Do you ever wonder who’s doing all that chatting in our minds, and even more importantly, which voice we put in the drivers seat of our lives?  We are multi-dimensional beings with multiple voices expressing their opinions and directing our actions.  Sometimes it’s our wounded child or adolescent trying to express their hurt and anger, or our critical parent wagging its finger in judgement and shame.

Lesson 2 focuses on recognizing the various voices within and cultivating the voice of the Nurturing Parent who helps us navigate and respond to our inner world of thoughts and feelings and shows us how to live from our wise adult self so we can best respond to the challenges and circumstances of our life.

 

Lesson 3: Permission to Feel
Having access to our full range of emotions, and cultivating the skill to feel them instead of stuffing or bypassing them, is vital to living our most authentic, powerful and satisfying life.  When we know how to feel our emotions, and have the skills to express and communicate them responsibly, we feel more grounded, whole and connected to ourselves and others!

Lesson 3 focuses on understanding the world of emotions and the important role they play in almost every aspect of our life.  Come learn how to feel, navigate and honor your emotions with your greatest wisdom and highest intention.  You will feel better!

 

Lesson 4: The Joy of Responsibility
Have you ever noticed that we often play the same ‘victim’ story in our mind over and over again, and that we keep reacting to our life from that story, often in repetitive negative behaviors?  We get stuck in false emotions like blame, guilt and resentment; feeling powerless to make positive changes?

Lesson 4 focuses on recognizing our own patterns of thoughts and behaviors that hold us back from realizing our greatest sense of self and achieving our dreams.  Radical responsibility means seeing ourselves clearly, our strengths and our weaknesses, and taking full ownership of the impact we have on ourselves and others, both positive and negative. It’s our ticket to more freedom and joy!

 

Lesson 5:  Create and Manifest Your Best Life
We are always creating and manifesting our life, whether consciously or unconsciously!  Our life is a reflection of our inner world of thoughts, feelings, beliefs, attitudes, choices and decisions!  These are our raw materials that make up our life story and circumstances.

Lesson 5 focuses on re-aligning our raw materials to reflect our most authentic, powerful, and loving version of ourself to consciously create and manifest our deepest desires and sweetest life. Nothing changes until you do!

 

Remember, you are miraculous! 

And may all your dreams come true.

 

 

 

Emily Boorstein‘s passion and joy is to engage people in the process of self-discovery and inspired living!  Her life purpose is to live her most authentic wholehearted life and to be a guide for those who also want to live a more mindful, joyful, less stressed, more peaceful, purposeful, satisfying, well navigated and fulfilling life.

Emily is the founder of The Inner Fitness™ Program and is a monthly presenter and Life Coach at Rancho La Puerta Health and Fitness Resort in Tecate, Mexico.  A Certified Life Coach since 2001, Emily maintains a private practice with clients and students from around the world.

“Inside each and every one of us lies the potential to create and manifest our uniquely personal Great Life Story.”  Emily Boorstein

Emily Boorstein Wikman, Founder, Inner Fitness™
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, CPCC
Lucid Living Master Coach, LLMC
www.coachemily.com

Inner Fitness Program

The Inner Fitness program is designed for accelerated transformation and awakening from the “Inside-Out”.  It is a comprehensive and practical program for people seeking to heal old wounds, navigate life with greater ease, learn to feel and communicate effectively, improve personal and professional relationships, cultivate inner peace, and manifest their uniquely authentic, fulfilling and joyous life.  And, Inner Fitness is fun!

 

Lesson 1: Change Your Mind
Yes, it’s possible to change our mind! And by change, I mean transform. We have a most incredible power to choose the way we see, interpret and respond to our life’s circumstances. Imagine putting on a whole new lens that quiets our well worn harmful patterns of thoughts and behaviors and allows us to see and respond with clarity and wisdom.

Lesson 1 focuses on self-awareness and cultivating the skill to shift from living in the default paradigm of fear and scarcity to living from wisdom, truth and love.

 

Lesson 2: Healthy Inner Dialogue
Do you ever wonder who’s doing all that chatting in our minds, and even more importantly, which voice we put in the drivers seat of our lives?  We are multi-dimensional beings with multiple voices expressing their opinions and directing our actions.  Sometimes it’s our wounded child or adolescent trying to express their hurt and anger, or our critical parent wagging its finger in judgement and shame.

Lesson 2 focuses on recognizing the various voices within and cultivating the voice of the Nurturing Parent who helps us navigate and respond to our inner world of thoughts and feelings and shows us how to live from our wise adult self so we can best respond to the challenges and circumstances of our life.

 

Lesson 3: Permission to Feel
Having access to our full range of emotions, and cultivating the skill to feel them instead of stuffing or bypassing them, is vital to living our most authentic, powerful and satisfying life.  When we know how to feel our emotions, and have the skills to express and communicate them responsibly, we feel more grounded, whole and connected to ourselves and others!

Lesson 3 focuses on understanding the world of emotions and the important role they play in almost every aspect of our life.  Come learn how to feel, navigate and honor your emotions with your greatest wisdom and highest intention.  You will feel better!

 

Lesson 4: The Joy of Responsibility
Have you ever noticed that we often play the same ‘victim’ story in our mind over and over again, and that we keep reacting to our life from that story, often in repetitive negative behaviors?  We get stuck in false emotions like blame, guilt and resentment; feeling powerless to make positive changes?

Lesson 4 focuses on recognizing our own patterns of thoughts and behaviors that hold us back from realizing our greatest sense of self and achieving our dreams.  Radical responsibility means seeing ourselves clearly, our strengths and our weaknesses, and taking full ownership of the impact we have on ourselves and others, both positive and negative. It’s our ticket to more freedom and joy!

 

Lesson 5:  Create and Manifest Your Best Life
We are always creating and manifesting our life, whether consciously or unconsciously!  Our life is a reflection of our inner world of thoughts, feelings, beliefs, attitudes, choices and decisions!  These are our raw materials that make up our life story and circumstances.

Lesson 5 focuses on re-aligning our raw materials to reflect our most authentic, powerful, and loving version of ourself to consciously create and manifest our deepest desires and sweetest life. Nothing changes until you do!

 

Remember, you are miraculous! 

And may all your dreams come true.

 

 

 

Emily Boorstein‘s passion and joy is to engage people in the process of self-discovery and inspired living!  Her life purpose is to live her most authentic wholehearted life and to be a guide for those who also want to live a more mindful, joyful, less stressed, more peaceful, purposeful, satisfying, well navigated and fulfilling life.

Emily is the founder of The Inner Fitness™ Program and is a monthly presenter and Life Coach at Rancho La Puerta Health and Fitness Resort in Tecate, Mexico.  A Certified Life Coach since 2001, Emily maintains a private practice with clients and students from around the world.

“Inside each and every one of us lies the potential to create and manifest our uniquely personal Great Life Story.”  Emily Boorstein

Emily Boorstein Wikman, Founder, Inner Fitness™
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, CPCC
Lucid Living Master Coach, LLMC
www.coachemily.com

Retrain the Brain for Greater Joy, Connection and Purpose

Strengthen Your Mindset: The Foundation
Each of us possesses the capacity to tap into our deepest desires in life and create a life that feels fulfilling and personally empowered.  The right mindset along with learning a few tools and strategies has everything to do with igniting our experience of joy, connection and purpose. When you know how to manage your mind, then you are able to get out of your own way and create a life that is joyful and fulfilling. This session explores the power of ‘mindset’ and how it impacts every aspect of life:

  • Discover how to ‘manage your mind’ with a simple strategy that can be immediately put into play
  • Learn a simple mini-meditation for greater inner peace, cognitive function, heart health, and increased immunity
  • Create a personalized ‘declaration’ or ’intention’ specific to you to set a positive context for your day

These three steps form a powerful morning ritual that takes less than five minutes a day to practice. When regularly practiced, this routine will change the way your brain fires and the body responds,  building your capacity to manage your mind and your reactions.

Build Your Capacity to ‘Take in the Good’
Gratitude is an emotion that relates to the ability to feel and express thankfulness and appreciation. Research shows that expressing gratitude improves mental, physical and relational health, happiness and well being. Although most of us know that we “should” feel grateful for our lives we tend to focus on what’s missing rather than the abundance in our lives. Gratitude unlocks the door to forgiveness—which is often key to expanding the experience of inner freedom. In this session participants will learn how to strengthen their capacity for gratitude and forgiveness.

  • Discover how to capture and amplify moments of joy and appreciation in real time
  • Recognize and savor the sweetness of everyday life even in the face of challenges, loss and transitions
  • Learn a two-minute gratitude exercise that you can practice daily for greater calm, focus and clarity

How to Grow Your Self-Compassion
Loving Kindness or metta is about developing peace, harmony and mutual well-being within our selves and with others. Through metta one learns to abandon bitterness and animosity and embrace goodwill. Metta, when practiced regularly, teaches unconditional self-love and love for others. A simple loving kindness meditation will be taught that participants can practice on a daily basis. This method takes only a couple minutes a day of practice. Over time it becomes internalized and changes your mind set and opens the heart.

  • Learn how to care for your mind and body with love and respect
  • Reframe negative self-talk and view life circumstances from a more positive lens
  • Discover how to forgive yourself and forge ahead

Strengthen Your Relationships Now
Learn to communicate more effectively with your partner, friends, family and everyone else in your life. Build the ability to listen generously and speak clearly from the heart— paving the way for true connection with others. Strengthening healthy and loving relationships with others is the most vital key to health, happiness and longevity.

  • Strengthen your capacity to listen generously and effectively
  • Learn to stop personalizing and making assumptions about what others say
  • Develop your ability to express yourself with clarity and focus

Discover Your Life Vision
Every day we have hundreds of choices to make about how we are going to show up in our lives. Without knowing where you are heading it is impossible to navigate life well or wisely. When clear about your personal vision, you are able to create an inner compass that informs your choices and actions going forward. The first step is knowing what matters the most to you and why.

  • Discover what matters most to you.
  • Examine the difference between what you do with your precious time and what you want to do.
  • Commit to certain action steps that move you closer to your vision every day.

Please note that each of these talks stand alone and also form a progression that supports you in creating a more joyful, fulfilling and meaningful life

 

Randy Kamen, EdD, is a psychologist, life-coach, and author of the bestseller Behind the Therapy Door: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Life. She is dedicated to working with those committed to personal growth, discovering true vision, building community, strengthening leadership abilities, and making a difference in the lives of others. Dr. Kamen pioneered new territory in mind-body medicine and positive psychology Harvard’s Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. and Boston University’s School of Medicine. She leads global, live online courses and workshops…and runs women’s empowerment retreats on Martha’s Vineyard. Dr. Kamen is part-time faculty at Harvard Medical School where she has taught women’s leadership and writing/publishing/promoting your book. She appears on radio, television, print and online media outlets including the Huffington Post, WebMD and Writer’s Digest. Her blog can be found at DrRandyKamen.com and her regular FacebookLive Show, “Simple Strategies to Create Your Extraordinary Life” is  Dr. Randy Kamen on Thursdays at noon ET.

Inner Fitness: Making the Unconscious Conscious

Excitement vs. Fear. It’s 100% Your Choice (Seriously)

Sometimes we can go on auto-pilot and feel like life is happening to us. We have limited or no choice in a matter which makes us feel overwhelmed. What if you could find more choice and feel more alive? Join us to learn a simple yet powerful practical framework to help you stand more in your power.

 

Stand in Your Power and Slay Your Inner Critic

Our brains can be our best friends or our worst enemies. And since our brain has a natural negative bias (out of survival needs) our negative voices can be very draining and keep us from living the life we want. Join us to learn how to mitigate the impact of your inner critic and quickly recover to your true authentic self.

 

Emotions101: Identify & Strengthen Your Emotional Muscles

Let’s face it, we human beings are experts at avoiding or denying our true emotions. Our emotions are a window into our truth. They provide real information and clarity. Join us to learn more about the power of your emotions, giving yourself permission to feel and develop a wider range of emotions.

 

Drop the Drama and Create Better Connections 

All good stories have three types of characters: victim, villian and hero. This dynamic makes for great entertainment but we are often unaware that we are playing these roles in our personal lives. While it can provide short-term payoffs (like being “right”), the costs of maintaining unhealthy relationships are far greater.  Join us in learning a fun, easy game that will help you know when you are in the drama triangle and how to get out of it quickly!

 

(Re)Claim Your Authentic Self

We operate in a rapid fire world; skimming, sprinting, and stuffing as much as we can into each day – and then we wonder why our gas tank is empty at the end. In this final session, you will learn a simple process that can bring you greater energy and clarity so you can lead a more purposeful life.

 

 

As a leadership coach, Julie Fotos, PCC, CPCC works with individuals, pairs and teams to expand their range so they can access their full potential and reap all the benefits that come from it. Much like a trainer at a gym, Julie works with clients to strengthen muscles they did not realize they had, while giving over-developed muscles a rest. Julie believes people can achieve greater success by recognizing and “unlearning” their own self-imposed beliefs – which frees them up to realize their growth edge. Julie has extensive experience in designing and conducting programs on cultural/team development, communication effectiveness, leadership development, and managing through change. Recent clients include: CNN, Hearst Corporation, Oliver Wyman, Pfizer and Wieden + Kennedy.  Julie lives in New York City, but maintains her sanity at her little Catskills lake house.

Inner Fitness: Love and Mindfulness

Love is a feeling; loving is a skill. In this series of five talks, author and therapist Linda Carroll combines the practice of mindfulness and inner fitness with her work on relationships cycles.

The BIG SHIFT:  Mindfulness and Relationships
The big shift refers to the transition from outer connection to inner fitness; shifting from reacting to responding, from mindless to mindful, and from belonging to another to belonging to ourselves. Using the Love Cycles model from her two highly acclaimed books on the topic, Linda describes the stages of relationships, highlighting the challenges at each stage and demonstrating how mindfulness is the key to overcoming these challenges.

5 Basic Skills in Communication (PAUSE)
Communication defines the health of our relationships and communication under stress can be particularly challenging. Using the acronym PAUSE, Linda provides tools for developing a healthy inner dialogue, even when we are feeling the stress reactions of fight, freeze, or flight. She also offers insight into how to transform defensiveness and into open curiosity and encourage honest dialogue.

Neuroplasticity and the Five Essential Keys to Emotional Fitness
Having a high IQ might make you a genius, but having a high EQ makes you someone everyone else wants to be around. Join Linda as she shares tips for strengthening our emotional fitness with these 5 essential habits:

Habit #1: Self-Regulation
Habit #2: Awareness and Empathy for Others
Habit #3: Healthy Inner Dialogue
Habit #4: Understanding and Managing Triggers (when stress styles collide)
Habit #5: Recognizing Feelings

Powerful You
How does our impact on others affect us in leadership and love? This talk will show how you can cultivate the “gift of presence” and learn the three magic words that help others feel truly seen (Hint: it’s not “I love you”).

Create Your Best Life
Find out what it truly means to be “wholehearted.” Learn the truth about “self-love,” owning your story, and staying vertical in a horizontal world. Join Linda on a journey of the two main pillars in all relationships: connection and separation.

 

Linda Carroll holds a master’s degree in counseling and has practiced psychotherapy since 1981, specializing in couples and communication. She has been coaching since 2008 and obtained certification as a Life Coach in 2016. She works with couples in her private practice in Corvallis, Oregon, and coaches clients virtually, by phone, and in person. She has authored three books on personal growth and healing and is a frequent presenter at the Ranch on the topic of love and relationships. Her lectures feature material from her highly acclaimed book, Love Cycles, published by New World Library in 2014 and her upcoming book, LoveSkills: The Keys to Unlocking Lasting Wholehearted Love, which will be released Feb 14, 2020 by New World Library.

Linda grew up in San Francisco during the 1950s and came of age during the countercultural 1960s. From her more traditional childhood, she preserves a faith in the importance of service, mystery, and reverence for all forms of life. From her early flower-child leanings, she has maintained a belief in looking “outside the box” for approaches to healing. Visit her website at lindaacarroll.com.

Handouts
Emotional Fluency
Wholehearted Loving and Living
Powerful You: Impact as Legacy
Mindfulness The Big Shift
5 Basic Skills in Communication

Inner Fitness: Love and Mindfulness

Love is a feeling; loving is a skill. In this series of five talks, author and therapist Linda Carroll combines the practice of mindfulness and inner fitness with her work on relationships cycles.

The BIG SHIFT:  Mindfulness and Relationships
The big shift refers to the transition from outer connection to inner fitness; shifting from reacting to responding, from mindless to mindful, and from belonging to another to belonging to ourselves. Using the Love Cycles model from her two highly acclaimed books on the topic, Linda describes the stages of relationships, highlighting the challenges at each stage and demonstrating how mindfulness is the key to overcoming these challenges.

5 Basic Skills in Communication (PAUSE)
Communication defines the health of our relationships and communication under stress can be particularly challenging. Using the acronym PAUSE, Linda provides tools for developing a healthy inner dialogue, even when we are feeling the stress reactions of fight, freeze, or flight. She also offers insight into how to transform defensiveness and into open curiosity and encourage honest dialogue.

Neuroplasticity and the Five Essential Keys to Emotional Fitness
Having a high IQ might make you a genius, but having a high EQ makes you someone everyone else wants to be around. Join Linda as she shares tips for strengthening our emotional fitness with these 5 essential habits:

Habit #1: Self-Regulation
Habit #2: Awareness and Empathy for Others
Habit #3: Healthy Inner Dialogue
Habit #4: Understanding and Managing Triggers (when stress styles collide)
Habit #5: Recognizing Feelings

Powerful You
How does our impact on others affect us in leadership and love? This talk will show how you can cultivate the “gift of presence” and learn the three magic words that help others feel truly seen (Hint: it’s not “I love you”).

Create Your Best Life
Find out what it truly means to be “wholehearted.” Learn the truth about “self-love,” owning your story, and staying vertical in a horizontal world. Join Linda on a journey of the two main pillars in all relationships: connection and separation.

 

Linda Carroll holds a master’s degree in counseling and has practiced psychotherapy since 1981, specializing in couples and communication. She has been coaching since 2008 and obtained certification as a Life Coach in 2016. She works with couples in her private practice in Corvallis, Oregon, and coaches clients virtually, by phone, and in person. She has authored three books on personal growth and healing and is a frequent presenter at the Ranch on the topic of love and relationships. Her lectures feature material from her highly acclaimed book, Love Cycles, published by New World Library in 2014 and her upcoming book, LoveSkills: The Keys to Unlocking Lasting Wholehearted Love, which will be released Feb 14, 2020 by New World Library.

Linda grew up in San Francisco during the 1950s and came of age during the countercultural 1960s. From her more traditional childhood, she preserves a faith in the importance of service, mystery, and reverence for all forms of life. From her early flower-child leanings, she has maintained a belief in looking “outside the box” for approaches to healing. Visit her website at lindaacarroll.com.

Handouts
Emotional Fluency
Wholehearted Loving and Living
Powerful You: Impact as Legacy
Mindfulness The Big Shift
5 Basic Skills in Communication

Inner Fitness Program

Emily Boorstein presents The Inner Fitness Program in five sessions:

  • Love or Fear – It’s Your Choice
  • Healthy Inner Dialogue – Discover Your Joyous Adult
  • Emotional Fluency – Permission to Feel
  • Powerful You – Ownership and Responsibility
  • Create Your Best Life – How to Manifest Your Dreams

 

Emily Boorstein, Life Coach, CPCC, LLMC
My passion is to engage people in the process of self-discovery and inspired living!  My role is to be a teacher and guide for those who want to live a more mindful, joyful, and well navigated life.  My purpose as a coach is to help my clients and students recognize their true innate value and worthiness, know themselves fully, accept themselves unconditionally, grow their self-confidence, self-esteem, self-respect, and self-love, and live their own vision of a fulfilling life.

Be your best self, do your best work, and live your best life.

Emily studies with The Coach Training Institute and became a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) in 2001.  Her passion for coaching, personal growth and awakening led her to Lucid Living, a transformational coaching model that focuses on personal healing and inspired, conscious and joyous living.  The Lucid Living practices accelerated her own spiritual journey beyond what she could have imagined and serves as the foundation of Emily’s Inner Fitness Program and coaching practice today. Emily is a Lucid Living Master Coach, LLMC, and the founder of the Inner Fitness Program, a comprehensive and practical guide for how to make positive changes in yourself and your life.  “Inside each and every one of us lies the potential to create and manifest our uniquely personal Great Life Story.”

Emily is a monthly presenter and Life Coach at Rancho La Puerta Health and maintains a telephone and video-based private practice with clients and students from around the world.  She lives in Northern California with her husband.

Retrain the Brain for Greater Joy, Connection and Purpose

Strengthen Your Mindset: The Foundation
Each of us possesses the capacity to tap into our deepest desires in life and create a life that feels fulfilling and personally empowered.  The right mindset along with learning a few tools and strategies has everything to do with igniting our experience of joy, connection and purpose. When you know how to manage your mind, then you are able to get out of your own way and create a life that is joyful and fulfilling. This session explores the power of ‘mindset’ and how it impacts every aspect of life:

  • Discover how to ‘manage your mind’ with a simple strategy that can be immediately put into play
  • Learn a simple mini-meditation for greater inner peace, cognitive function, heart health, and increased immunity
  • Create a personalized ‘declaration’ or ’intention’ specific to you to set a positive context for your day

These three steps form a powerful morning ritual that takes less than five minutes a day to practice. When regularly practiced, this routine will change the way your brain fires and the body responds,  building your capacity to manage your mind and your reactions.

Build Your Capacity to ‘Take in the Good’
Gratitude is an emotion that relates to the ability to feel and express thankfulness and appreciation. Research shows that expressing gratitude improves mental, physical and relational health, happiness and well being. Although most of us know that we “should” feel grateful for our lives we tend to focus on what’s missing rather than the abundance in our lives. Gratitude unlocks the door to forgiveness—which is often key to expanding the experience of inner freedom. In this session participants will learn how to strengthen their capacity for gratitude and forgiveness.

  • Discover how to capture and amplify moments of joy and appreciation in real time
  • Recognize and savor the sweetness of everyday life even in the face of challenges, loss and transitions
  • Learn a two-minute gratitude exercise that you can practice daily for greater calm, focus and clarity

How to Grow Your Self-Compassion
Loving Kindness or metta is about developing peace, harmony and mutual well-being within our selves and with others. Through metta one learns to abandon bitterness and animosity and embrace goodwill. Metta, when practiced regularly, teaches unconditional self-love and love for others. A simple loving kindness meditation will be taught that participants can practice on a daily basis. This method takes only a couple minutes a day of practice. Over time it becomes internalized and changes your mind set and opens the heart.

  • Learn how to care for your mind and body with love and respect
  • Reframe negative self-talk and view life circumstances from a more positive lens
  • Discover how to forgive yourself and forge ahead

Strengthen Your Relationships Now
Learn to communicate more effectively with your partner, friends, family and everyone else in your life. Build the ability to listen generously and speak clearly from the heart— paving the way for true connection with others. Strengthening healthy and loving relationships with others is the most vital key to health, happiness and longevity.

  • Strengthen your capacity to listen generously and effectively
  • Learn to stop personalizing and making assumptions about what others say
  • Develop your ability to express yourself with clarity and focus

Discover Your Life Vision
Every day we have hundreds of choices to make about how we are going to show up in our lives. Without knowing where you are heading it is impossible to navigate life well or wisely. When clear about your personal vision, you are able to create an inner compass that informs your choices and actions going forward. The first step is knowing what matters the most to you and why.

  • Discover what matters most to you.
  • Examine the difference between what you do with your precious time and what you want to do.
  • Commit to certain action steps that move you closer to your vision every day.

Please note that each of these talks stand alone and also form a progression that supports you in creating a more joyful, fulfilling and meaningful life

 

Randy Kamen, EdD, is a psychologist, life-coach, and author of the bestseller Behind the Therapy Door: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Life. She is dedicated to working with those committed to personal growth, discovering true vision, building community, strengthening leadership abilities, and making a difference in the lives of others. Dr. Kamen pioneered new territory in mind-body medicine and positive psychology Harvard’s Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. and Boston University’s School of Medicine. She leads global, live online courses and workshops…and runs women’s empowerment retreats on Martha’s Vineyard. Dr. Kamen is part-time faculty at Harvard Medical School where she has taught women’s leadership and writing/publishing/promoting your book. She appears on radio, television, print and online media outlets including the Huffington Post, WebMD and Writer’s Digest. Her blog can be found at DrRandyKamen.com and her regular FacebookLive Show, “Simple Strategies to Create Your Extraordinary Life” is  Dr. Randy Kamen on Thursdays at noon ET.

Inner Fitness Program

Emily Boorstein presents The Inner Fitness Program in five sessions:

  • Love or Fear – It’s Your Choice
  • Healthy Inner Dialogue – Discover Your Joyous Adult
  • Emotional Fluency – Permission to Feel
  • Powerful You – Ownership and Responsibility
  • Create Your Best Life – How to Manifest Your Dreams

 

Emily Boorstein, Life Coach, CPCC, LLMC
My passion is to engage people in the process of self-discovery and inspired living!  My role is to be a teacher and guide for those who want to live a more mindful, joyful, and well navigated life.  My purpose as a coach is to help my clients and students recognize their true innate value and worthiness, know themselves fully, accept themselves unconditionally, grow their self-confidence, self-esteem, self-respect, and self-love, and live their own vision of a fulfilling life.

Be your best self, do your best work, and live your best life.

Emily studies with The Coach Training Institute and became a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) in 2001.  Her passion for coaching, personal growth and awakening led her to Lucid Living, a transformational coaching model that focuses on personal healing and inspired, conscious and joyous living.  The Lucid Living practices accelerated her own spiritual journey beyond what she could have imagined and serves as the foundation of Emily’s Inner Fitness Program and coaching practice today. Emily is a Lucid Living Master Coach, LLMC, and the founder of the Inner Fitness Program, a comprehensive and practical guide for how to make positive changes in yourself and your life.  “Inside each and every one of us lies the potential to create and manifest our uniquely personal Great Life Story.”

Emily is a monthly presenter and Life Coach at Rancho La Puerta Health and maintains a telephone and video-based private practice with clients and students from around the world.  She lives in Northern California with her husband.

Inner Fitness Program

Emily Boorstein presents The Inner Fitness Program in five sessions:

  • Love or Fear – It’s Your Choice
  • Healthy Inner Dialogue – Discover Your Joyous Adult
  • Emotional Fluency – Permission to Feel
  • Powerful You – Ownership and Responsibility
  • Create Your Best Life – How to Manifest Your Dreams

 

Emily Boorstein, Life Coach, CPCC, LLMC
My passion is to engage people in the process of self-discovery and inspired living!  My role is to be a teacher and guide for those who want to live a more mindful, joyful, and well navigated life.  My purpose as a coach is to help my clients and students recognize their true innate value and worthiness, know themselves fully, accept themselves unconditionally, grow their self-confidence, self-esteem, self-respect, and self-love, and live their own vision of a fulfilling life.

Be your best self, do your best work, and live your best life.

Emily studies with The Coach Training Institute and became a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) in 2001.  Her passion for coaching, personal growth and awakening led her to Lucid Living, a transformational coaching model that focuses on personal healing and inspired, conscious and joyous living.  The Lucid Living practices accelerated her own spiritual journey beyond what she could have imagined and serves as the foundation of Emily’s Inner Fitness Program and coaching practice today. Emily is a Lucid Living Master Coach, LLMC, and the founder of the Inner Fitness Program, a comprehensive and practical guide for how to make positive changes in yourself and your life.  “Inside each and every one of us lies the potential to create and manifest our uniquely personal Great Life Story.”

Emily is a monthly presenter and Life Coach at Rancho La Puerta Health and maintains a telephone and video-based private practice with clients and students from around the world.  She lives in Northern California with her husband.

No Nonsense Nutrition

No nonsense nutrition: a series of programs for our guests of all ages to learn about smart food choices at every stage of life from a New York City nutritionist with a reputation for candid, science-based advice… delivered with a side of humor.

Children (7-9)

THE GREAT GUACAMOLE THROWDOWN

Think you have what it takes to make authentic Mexican guacamole?  Learn what makes a great bowl of guac and compete against your fellow Ranchers to create your signature version of this beloved dish.  You and your teammate(s) will choose from a variety of fresh ingredient options and use a traditional molcajete and tejolote (Mexican mortar and pestle) to craft your delicious creation!  Our panel of expert judges will taste all of the creations and award one winning team the coveted “Golden Aguacate” trophy… and weeklong bragging rights!

Tweens (10-12)

FOOD & NUTRITION JEOPARDY!

Are you a trivia whiz? Do you think you know lots about food, nutrition and healthy eating?  Come test your knowledge of all these topics with RLP’s own version of the famous game show “Jeopardy,” where teams will rack up points answering trivia questions about topics ranging from Mexican food and fruits to vitamins and pasta from around the world!  Don’t forget the most important rule of Jeopardy: “What is: always phrase your answer in the form of a question?”

Teens (13-17), Parents/Adults welcome

WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT?

For something that seems so simple, eating can get pretty complicated!  Everyone seems to have a different opinion on what we should be eating… and what we shouldn’t.  In this session, you’ll learn which influencers we should be listening to when it comes to diet, #whattheyeatinaday, and what makes for a healthy diet. You’ll leave with answers to all your questions about whether breakfast is really so important, and what role controversial foods like carbs, gluten, dairy, soy and sugar play in the diets of the world’s healthiest people.

Adults

THE CARE & FEEDING OF YOUR GUT MICROBIOTA

Meet the 100 trillion microscopic inhabitants of your gut whose state of wellbeing contributes to outcomes as varied as risk of autoimmune disease and obesity to depression and Type 2 diabetes.  Their diversity and prosperity is essential to your health and longevity, so learn what diet and lifestyle habits you can adopt to keep them thriving, and what factors impact them adversely.

 

Tamara Duker Freuman, MS, RDN, CDN is a New York-based registered dietitian, author and America’s Trusted Digestive Nutrition Expert. A nationally-known authority on nutrition therapy for digestive diseases, Tamara is a member of New York Gastroenterology Associates, a private Manhattan-based practice. She earned a Master of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University and completed her training at Mount Sinai Medical Center.  In addition to her clinical work, Tamara is a high-profile nutrition writer whose advice on healthy living and dietary management of digestive disease is read by hundreds of thousands of people each month via leading online media platforms. She has been featured in leading TV, print and radio/podcast media, including TV’s Good Morning America, Live With Kelly & Ryan, Inside Edition; National Public Radio; The Washington Post, Reader’s Digest, Prevention, Women’s Health; and the Huffington Post, CNN.com, SELF.com and Business Insider. She is the author of the acclaimed book, The Bloated Belly Whisperer (St. Martin’s Press, 2018).

Cooking Classes

Sara Polczynski, owner and Culinary Artisan for Seasoned Plates, has been a part of the San Diego culinary scene for almost 20 years.  Her story has many chapters.  As a Chef graduate of the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, Sara left to train at the renowned Manele Bay Hotel in Lanai, HI and The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO. Upon her return to her native San Diego, Sara was hired as the Corporate Pastry Chef for the Cohn Restaurant Group, running the pastry department for multiple restaurant concepts.

Sara’s love for teaching on the job led to a part time career of teaching in the classroom. Sara currently holds the position of Associate Professor at San Diego Community College-Continuing Education and teaches the Baking and Pastry Program as well as cooking classes.

Over the years Sara’s love for cooking began to expand along with her love of travel. Having the opportunity each year to travel and learn about regional Mexican cuisine, art and culture with influential chef mentors, Rick Bayless, Ricardo Munoz and Susana Trilling, has shaped the style and flavors of Sara’s cuisine.   Her most recent project utilizing the knowledge, passion and techniques of authentic regional Mexican cuisine was as the Consultant Executive Chef for The Blind Burro in San Diego.  Bringing authentic Mexican cuisine with a modern California flair to the people of San Diego was a dream project.

Seasoned Plates is brought to life in the next chapter of the story in order for Sara to share her passion for food and provide a unique culinary experience for each and every client.

 

Chef Sara Poczynski offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Thursday at 4pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 12.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 12.

Thursday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $125+tax. Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 12.

Self-Defense – Tweens, Teens, and Women

In a safe, fun environment, without instilling fear and with age-appropriate information, André Salvage’s team will share vital tools necessary to prevent potential assaults. This is done with the knowledge of three essential skills: the awareness to avoid dangerous situations, the assertiveness skills to handle predatory behavior, and the hands-on training to stop someone from harming you.

 

David Williams (aka Super Dave), has been studying martial arts for 29 years, starting with Tae Kwon Do. Then 28 years ago he met Grand Master André Salvage, who opened his eyes to the master’s path of Kung Fu San Soo. He received his Master Degree (8th-degree black belt) 11 years ago and continues to work on his art as he teaches Kung Fu San Soo and Assault Prevention. Teaching self-defense to all ages is a passion of his, and he strives to empower all with his knowledge. As a business owner of Super Dave Dog, Inc. since 2000, he walks and trains dogs through exercise, discipline, and affection. Incorporating fitness and meditation into his daily routine keeps him grounded and enables him to be a loving husband and father of two sons.

 

Oliveyah Fisch (aka Liv), a Black Belt in Kung Fu San Soo with certifications in fighting tandem, staff, sword, nunchuk, cane, and escrima sticks, is a leading expert in the health and fitness industry and founder of one of the most successful health and coaching businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Oliveyah has her Master’s in Exercise Science. She is an accredited performance enhancement specialist and certified personal trainer through NASM, a certified yoga instructor through the Yoga Alliance Association, and a certified holistic health and life coach through the CHEK Institute and the Health Coach Institute. She is an experienced Women’s Assault Prevention instructor and has helped hundreds of people transform their lives. Oliveyah is passionate about helping others achieve lasting change through healthy habits and fostering joy.

 

Dorian Wiederholt Kassar shares with young people the principles of personal safety, wellbeing, and authenticity. He blends deep care and his innate ability to connect with youth with accessible, time-tested principles and practices. Dorian leads weekend workshops and speaks in schools on personal safety, assertiveness, wellbeing, and consent. He also works with teens one-on-one. His hope is to empower youth to live authentically from their true nature and to move safely through the world. Dorian has been an instructor with André Salvage and Associates for five years and currently teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado Springs, and online.

Stay Cool with Family Water Activities

  • Water Noodle Polo
  • The Great Blow-up Animal Race
  • Beachball Pool Volleyball
  • Pool Olympics
  • Pool Ping Pong Bingo

 

Jenny McTaggart Laursen is a Personal Trainer, Group Fitness, TRX & Yoga Instructor.  She teaches Power, Gentle, & Yin Yoga, TRX & Bootcamps at The Bay Club Marin, in the San Francisco Area. She is passionate about helping people find the joy in their health and wellness routine and weaving it into their lifestyle. She first came to the Ranch when her mom brought her in 1993, and it has continued to be a place of retreat, reflection, and empowerment for her every time she visits. 2021’s blessing was that it allowed her to discover her love for personal training seniors. She was able to connect online and in person, allowing for fitness, and connection during a challenging time. During her free time, she enjoys hiking, yoga, weightlifting, & spending time with friends and family. She has three beautiful children, Ethan, Camilla, & Charlie.

Bring your family together and join at the end of the day for water activities, friendly competition, and tons of laughter!

Soccer

A 10-year veteran of Major League Soccer, Sasha Victorine was selected in the first round of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by the Los Angeles Galaxy. Sasha attended college at UCLA, where he won the Missouri Athletic Club trophy as the most outstanding college soccer player in 1999. He was a three year All-American at UCLA and helped win the NCAA Championship in 1997. Sasha represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and played for the U.S. Men’s National Team.  Sasha’s MLS career saw him help the LA Galaxy secure the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title in 2001, CONCACAF Champions Cup in 2002, and the MLS Cup trophy in 2002. Sasha played with the Kansas City Wizards and Chivas USA, totaling 265 games played in MLS competition with 36 goals and 43 assists.  After retiring from his professional career in Major League Soccer, Sasha joined Sporting Kansas City as they rebranded the team and launched the most technologically advanced stadium in the world in 2011 (Children’s Mercy Park). Sasha has also served as a Sports Envoy Ambassador for the United States Department of State.  Currently, Sasha is the Chief Solution Officer at FanThreeSixty, a global sports technology company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, where he oversees business strategy and solution vision. Sasha resides in Kansas City with his wife, Melissa, and their daughters.

Meditation

Whether you are new to meditation or have been meditating for years, this week is perfect for you. In each class, we will journey through a different style of meditation. The position is open, you can lay down, sit, it is what is most comfortable for you. This is truly your meditation, I am just the guide.  Classes are filled with stories, meditation styles, breathing, and healing techniques. In other words, you will laugh, relax, be focused, and most of all feel connected.  By the end of the week, you will have enough tools to develop your meditation and mindfulness practice. Join me in class with an open mind, open heart, and just be.

 

Zen Bon Jacques-Pierre (JPC) comes from a practice and lineage of the Ngagpa tradition of Zen and Bon spiritual legacies. They are known to be wild, unpredictable, full of laughter, compassion and love. In his early years, he was diagnosed with bi-polar depression. He would struggle for many years trying to find his place in this world. Fortunately, his curiosity of why we exist .. this guided him down a life-long journey of wonder and self-discovery. He has served in the Navy, National Guard, protected people as a police officer, built nonprofits to service those who struggle, and now he teaches and mentors others to find their authentic purpose and embrace their reason for being. He has traveled all over the world uncovering the beauty of authentic human kindness. All his years have brought about the wisdom that we are always a student.

Zen Bon JPC is the CEO and Founder of the Meditation and Mindfulness Institute for Humans (MMIH). He created this Institute for people to self-discover, connect and know the feeling of genuine human kindness. When he is not teaching or writing, you can find him enjoying one of his favorite meditations drawing mandalas in the sand. If you are in San Diego, keep your eyes open as you may see this Monk passing you on his longboard with his robes flapping in the wind! His motto ” Celebrate Today’s Day! It is the Best day! It is the Only day”

 

Meditation

Whether you are new to meditation or have been meditating for years, this week is perfect for you. In each class, we will journey through a different style of meditation. The position is open, you can lay down, sit, it is what is most comfortable for you. This is truly your meditation, I am just the guide.  Classes are filled with stories, meditation styles, breathing, and healing techniques. In other words, you will laugh, relax, be focused, and most of all feel connected.  By the end of the week, you will have enough tools to develop your meditation and mindfulness practice. Join me in class with an open mind, open heart, and just be.

 

Zen Bon Jacques-Pierre (JPC) comes from a practice and lineage of the Ngagpa tradition of Zen and Bon spiritual legacies. They are known to be wild, unpredictable, full of laughter, compassion and love. In his early years, he was diagnosed with bi-polar depression. He would struggle for many years trying to find his place in this world. Fortunately, his curiosity of why we exist .. this guided him down a life-long journey of wonder and self-discovery. He has served in the Navy, National Guard, protected people as a police officer, built nonprofits to service those who struggle, and now he teaches and mentors others to find their authentic purpose and embrace their reason for being. He has traveled all over the world uncovering the beauty of authentic human kindness. All his years have brought about the wisdom that we are always a student.

Zen Bon JPC is the CEO and Founder of the Meditation and Mindfulness Institute for Humans (MMIH). He created this Institute for people to self-discover, connect and know the feeling of genuine human kindness. When he is not teaching or writing, you can find him enjoying one of his favorite meditations drawing mandalas in the sand. If you are in San Diego, keep your eyes open as you may see this Monk passing you on his longboard with his robes flapping in the wind! His motto ” Celebrate Today’s Day! It is the Best day! It is the Only day”

 

Find and Embody the Sunrise in Your Pocket

Just like we know for sure that the sun rises each day, whether the skies are cloudy or clear, so too can we rely on our inner strength and wisdom our most trusted teacher. Join Elena Sonnino – a sought-after guide for the things they don’t teach us in school – to find and embody the Sunrise in Your  Pocket. This series is designed to help you create space for awareness, to allow for more ease and curiosity in your life, and to unearth, attune to, and embody your inner strength and wisdom. Learn practical tools and mindset practices that you can integrate into your daily life with more ease.

 

Create Space to Live Your Fullest Life
Move out of survival mode to step boldly into your life.
To-do lists, deadlines, even healthy habits can put us on autopilot, and keep us from the hard work of giving ourselves permission to feel emotion. Transformation happens when we realize that is more to this life than just getting by, one check-list at a time and sometimes that means exploring and allowing emotions. Sometimes it means slowing down to pause and breath. In this session you’ll explore how your own habits and patterns are keeping you stuck and where you can create space for more awareness and possibility.

Mindset matters
Judgment will always be there. Love yourself anyway.
When was the last time you weren’t trying to change something about yourself? Get to know the stories and internal dialogue that echo in your brain, with awareness rather than judgment. Learn to move out of fixing mode, not-enoughness, and past or future thinking. In this session you’ll explore the practice of identifying, naming, and investigating the stories you tell yourself. You’ll make room for a new narrative grounded in your own inner wisdom and love.

Practice determination without expectation.  Ride the wave no matter what life throws at you.
We often hear about not having an attachment to outcomes. That life is about the journey, not the destination. But let’s be real: holding big, bold desires and dreams lightly enough that the outcome itself doesn’t make or break you – is hard. The practice begins when we explore how to cultivate attunement rather than attainment. You’ll learn to practice determination without expectation so that you can ride the wave without waiting for the finish line.

Embody your intention in the now
Stop waiting. Live your ideal life in the now.
Release the past and future to create space for living your ideal life. By attuning to how you want to feel rather than an outcome, we learn to live our days with intention. You’ll explore what it would look like and feel like to live your ideal life. Learn how to embody your intention with a holistic approach anchored in your values and your heart.

Say Yes to You
Create your personal roadmap to write the next chapter in your life.
Get out of your head and step boldly into your heart. Embrace your inner storyteller to visualize and manifest what feels most delicious in your heart. Create your own personal roadmap, guided by your inner strength and wisdom, to write the next chapter in your life.

 

Elena Sonnino is a life coach and speaker. But what most people say about Elena is that she brings delightful sparks of energy to everything she does.

Elena is on a mission to help YOU be the Sunrise In YOUR Pocket. She believes that the only thing you need to be ALIVE and thriving in this world – is YOU. And that it is time to replace overwhelm, overthinking, and survival mode with aliveness as the metric for thriving and success.

Elena helps individuals and groups take back and step into their aliveness to cultivate more peace, more joy, and more connection in their life. Her work moves you from beyond shoulds and into delight, one day at a time.

At home, Elena enjoys watching the sunrise, riding her Peloton bike, standup paddleboarding, and hiking with her husband, teenage daughter, and labradoodle, Jupiter. Learn more about Elena at www.elenasonnino.com or by listening to her Sunrise in Your Pocket podcast.

The Franklin Method

Your week of classes with Tom will introduce you to the Franklin Method. The Franklin Method teaches the practical elements of body design, emphasizing imagery for maximum movement efficiency, exercises for tension release, better alignment, conditioning and health. The best way to improve function is to start with an image that corresponds to how the body is designed. We will practice exercises to improve movement ability and alignment in each area of the body including what’s needed for a healthy spine, improve balance, breath better and making gravity your friend. You will learn how to get desired results from any exercise that you do and enjoy movement. The Franklin Method is at the forefront of practical neuro-plasticity; showing you how to use your brain to improve your body’s function into a clear and practical format and it’s FUN!    Sun, M, T, W, Th, F, 2:00 pm

Method: Youthful Spine
In this movement class we will use imagery and movement to support you in gaining the tools needed for a healthy spine for life. This class will emphasize imagery and experiential anatomy to help you understand you body better in a practical way. You’ll learn exercises for tension release, spinal and hip mobility, strength and balance.
T,Th, 10:15 am

 

Tom McCook, Founder and Director of Center of Balance in Mountain View, CA, is an internationally recognized Pilates Master Teacher and movement specialist. Beginning in 1984, Tom designs programs for health and life performance for a range of clients, from Silicon Valley executives and Olympic athletes, to active seniors and people looking for solutions to their imbalances and injuries.

Tom’s mission is to improve people’s lives through movement! He teaches a practical and accessible way to understand your own body and then apply it to your movement practices and daily activities. These skills go beyond exercise to cultivate health, body wisdom, and being responsive and resilient in life.

Tom’s unique teaching approach synthesizes over 35 years of fitness training, Pilates, body therapy, Somatic Coaching, the Franklin Method, Anatomy in Motion and meditation. His fascination with movement began at an early age playing sports and growing up in a large athletic family with 11 siblings. His long and successful history working with athletes include the Stanford women’s swim team and four Olympic Gold medal swimmers.

Tom has been leading teacher trainings in the Pilates Method since 2001. He is on the faculty of Balanced Body Education and the Franklin Method Institute. Tom is guest faculty member of the Modern Elder Academy, (https://www.modernelderacademy.com/) a midlife wisdom school. Tom is also a sought-after international presenter and mentor.

Tom lives on the coast outside of San Francisco with his wife and business partner, Karen deMoor.

Tom’s Link Tree: All the ways to access Tom’s work!

Socially Conscious Television

Traditional Stories/New Media: Universal Themes of Humanity Found In A Hit Television Series

Josh Berman wrote and produced CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, for six seasons. His session will begin with the viewing of an episode of CSI entitled, “Werewolves”. In this episode, the CSI team solves the murder of a man suffering from hypertrichosis, the werewolf disease. The investigation leads to the victim’s sister, who also suffers from the medical condition, and has been living her whole life hidden from society.

Spiritual Underpinning of a Hit TV Show: The inspiration for Drop Dead Diva

Television writer/producer Josh Berman will present the premiere episode of his hit TV series “Drop Dead Diva”. Josh will introduce and screen the episode and then discuss how he went about creating, writing, casting, selling and producing this unusual, highly acclaimed comedy series about an skinny, vapid model who dies and comes back to life as a brilliant, plus-sized attorney.

Exploring the Human Condition through a Television Show:  Are You Being Serious?

In 2011, Lifetime Television aired an episode of Drop-Dead Diva entitled: “GOOD GRIEF”. The episode explores grief and over-coming loss and was a Humanitas Society nominee. The Humanitas Society honors television writers for work that “explores the human condition in a meaningful way.” Josh will introduce and screen the episode and then discuss the unique challenges presented in mixing comedy with tragedy.

 

Josh Bermanhails from Hollywood, California where he has worked as a television writer/producer for the past two decades and currently produces the HBOMax series The Gordita Chronicles, debuting in Winter of 2021. He began his career as a writer and producer of the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation for its first six seasons. Following his departure from CSI, he created two series for the Fox network: Killer Instinct and Vanished. Josh spent four seasons as Consulting Producer on the hit television series, Bones, while simultaneously writing and producing his own hit series, Drop Dead Diva, which currently airs on Starz, Amazon Video, and IMDBtv. Drop Dead Diva was nominated for a Humanitas Award, which honors writers for their work that “explores the human condition in a meaningful way.” Berman also co-created the series Notorious for ABC and the reality series Murder House Flip, streaming on the Roku platform.

Concerts

Sunday 4th of July, 8:00 pm Oaktree Pavilion
Kyle Adam Blair presents a cornucopia of piano music featuring pieces by Gottschalk, Joplin, Gershwin, and other American composers in the spirit of the celebration of the national independence of the United States.

Tuesday 4:30 pm Bazar del Sol
An afternoon of popular music accompanies an enjoyable happy hour overlooking the mountains. Conversation is encouraged while Fiona Digney and Kyle Adam Blair provide a sonic backdrop for late-afternoon indulgence.

Thursday 8:00 pm Oaktree Pavilion
Fiona Digney’s percussion instruments and the piano stylings of Kyle Adam Blair combine to provide a concert full of contemplation, meditation, and consideration. Duos and solos of Timo Andres, John Luther Adams, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Michael Gordon round out an eclectic hour of experimental music.

 

Fiona Digney in an Australian-born percussionist, educator, and producer.  She has spent the last decade in the United States, The Netherlands, and London, becoming an internationally recognized percussionist with highly-profiled accomplishments across a wide range of percussive styles from experimental, improvisatory, and world music styles to orchestra, chamber, and theatrical contexts. Fiona’s thrilling performances have been described as “compelling and authoritative” by Christian Hertzog (San Diego Union-Tribune) and garnered praise from the premier music critic of the United States, Alex Ross (The New Yorker, 28th June 2018). Having recently completed her doctoral studies in percussion performance, with a research focus on the praxis of music-making, Fiona now enjoys a wide-ranging freelance career in Southern California.  In addition, Fiona champions her fellow musicians through her artistic administrative roles as managing director & production manager of Art of Elan, and as executive producer & artistic administrator of the Ojai Music Festival. www.fionadigney.com

 

Kyle Adam Blair, D.M.A. is an active solo and collaborative pianist, music director, and vocal coach, specializing in the performance of American contemporary art music. His major focuses include the performance of new works in collaboration with composers, and the performance of works from the American art music repertory of the 20th and 21st centuries. Outside of his frequent engagements in southern California, Blair has recently performed at the San Francisco Center for New Music, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Hartt School of Music, the University of Buffalo, and Santa Clara University. Among these performances included the world premieres of all twelve of Bruno Ruviaro’s Pos-Tudos piano etudes, the world premiere of Stuart Saunders Smith’s Family Portraits: Sylvia at 70, and a faculty recital with soprano Tiffany DuMouchelle.

Your Empowered Self: Voice, Values and Vulnerability

Opening Presentation: Being Your Best Self
Many of us don’t think about our inner self. We spend time on our physical body and spend time cultivating our mind, yet the inner place where our body and mind meet is often unexplored. It is at that place, where our spirit lives, where our true self resides. Being your empowered self means cultivating all aspects of the self, even those deeper places we’d all prefer to keep hidden. Our empowered self exists where courage, kindness, truth and power meet. It’s where we can own our shadow and admit flaws and liabilities. In doing this, we are able to be vulnerable and open with people in our lives. We are able to speak our truth, take risks, and live bravely. Come discover what it takes to find your best self, owning all parts of who you are, to live life to your fullest potential.

Workshop 1: Values: Knowing What Matters Most
The first step in knowing who you are and how to be the best you is knowing what is most important to you. In this session, participants will explore their values and think about what matters most in their life. Often, there is a disconnect between what we say we value and how we actually live our life. This creates an inner tension that can result in stress and overwhelm. It can create conflict in our relationships and get in the way of our work. Once you establish what matters most you can create intentions and establish strategies for bringing those aspects out in your life.

Workshop 2: Sense of Self: The Power of our Story and the Story of Our Power
Often we get in our own way. Elements of our shadows and the things we are ashamed of cloud our sense of who we are and compromise our confidence and self-esteem. Acting authentically and feeling comfortable in our sense of self is critical for inner peace and happiness and outer fulfilled expression. In this workshop we will explore who we are, how we move through the world, and how we bring ourselves to our life. We will explore the stories we tell ourselves, including the stories we have made up about ourselves. We will examine which of those stories accurately reflect our powerful self, and which ones might be the critical voices of others that hinder us and hold us back. Working creatively, we will get to know who we are and how to embrace a sense of ourselves that empower and embolden us.

Workshop 3: Voice and Your Empowered Self
Our voice is a key aspect for how we engage with others. Our voice has two elements: the voice we speak out loud, and the silent voice constantly in our head. Too often, we find ourselves in situations where we feel silenced or unheard. We often fail to advocate for ourselves and for what we believe in. This can occur in relationships with our significant other, with family members, with friends or colleagues. Sometimes, we avoid raising issues because we are worried about the consequence, so instead, we stay silent. Often, resentment builds, hurt feelings remains, and we feel less empowered. Finding and using your authentic and powerful voice takes strength, skill, and courage. In this session, participants will discover how to use their voice from a place of strength and kindness, learning the conditions that compromise their communication.

 

Lorri Sulpizio, Ph.D., is the Director of the Conscious Leadership Academy at the University of San Diego (USD), and the founder of the Center for Women’s Leadership at USD. She is also the principal consultant of Lotus Leadership Institute. Lorri has dedicated her career to helping people become the best version of themselves. She works to advance the art and science of leadership development through research, education, training, and consulting. Lorri is a published author and international speaker, with expertise in girls’ and women’s leadership as well as group and team dynamics. Her articles and blogs have appeared in Workingmother.com, Women’s Health and Fitness, and the Huffington Post. She is the author of over 10 articles and chapters on leadership, and has been the cited expert on women and leadership for articles in Psychology Today. Lorri’s teaches graduate leadership courses at USD. She is a certified leadership coach, working with executives, managers, and leaders in many fields and industries. Her research focuses on girls and women’s leadership, specifically developing voice and owning power. Lorri helps people develop courage and an authentic voice in order to be more effective leaders. A former women’s college basketball coach, Lorri has a B.A. in English and Women’s Studies, a M.A. in Sports Psychology and Ph.D. in Leadership.

Playing with the Rain

The Art of Playing with the Rain
As fresh clean water becomes more and more precious, we are all being encouraged to transform our relationship to water: to truly treasure it. Who better than artists to inspire us?

We’ll explore ways (from wacky to poetic) that artists “dress up” rainwater catchment and storage—hopefully alleviating some folk’s aversion to anything they view as industrial.

We’ll also consider alternatives to “disposing” of stormwater (with its accumulated pollutants) directly into the nearest waterway. Increasingly artists are included on design teams treating stormwater as a valuable resource, not only for its life giving properties, but for the spectacular beauty it can contribute to any project.

Warning— HIDDEN AGENDA: you may feel compelled to go home and play with your rain!

(So a few tips will be included.)

 

Twice Is Nice:  Reusing Your Lightly Used Greywater
Have you been wondering why that perfectly clean cold water in your shower has to run “away” while you’re waiting for hot water to arrive? Are you one of those heroic people who captures it in a bucket and carries it to the garden?

We’ll explore simple, low tech, low cost, low maintenance greywater systems for irrigating the garden, and also glance at some higher tech drip irrigation systems.

More importantly we’ll discuss why it is so beneficial to reuse this greywater rather than “disposing” of it, and consider new initiatives to have “greywater ready / drought ready” plumbing installed during residential remodeling and new construction. This enables a greywater irrigation system to be added in the future with much less cost.

As we increasingly recognize that every drop of water counts, we need to regard greywater as a precious resource!

 

Christina Bertea
As a union-trained contractor, Christina plumbed alternative straw bale and rammed earth residences, eventually designing and building a passive-solar rammed earth house in downtown Oakland (fully permitted). In 2008 she teamed up with the Greywater Guerrillas, shifted focus to alternative water systems, and in 2009 helped craft the breakthrough CA Greywater code that legalized the systems they had been teaching. With the now mainstream Greywater Action she continues to instruct hands-on workshops where homeowners learn to install greywater and rainwater systems.

As a permaculturalist, Christina is excited about the emerging awareness of the importance of living soil —and especially the capacity of microbes to sequester carbon from the atmosphere into the soil where it exponentially increases the soil’s water holding capacity. This bodes well for healing climate chaos.

The producer of Women Eco Artist Dialog’s Art+ Activism series, Christina makes eco art that slyly disseminates solutionary ideas.

Mexican Superfoods

Mexican Superfoods
How to utilize the most nutrient-dense ingredients to boost immunity, flavor and longevity. Class includes a tasting of Torie’s cacao avocado mousse from her cookbook, The Mexican Keto Cookbook.

The Mexican Keto Cookbook
What keto (high-fat) means for preventative health, and how to cook keto Mexican food at home.

 

Torie Borrelli is an Integrative holistic nutritionist, chef consultant, recipe creator, and a wellness expert based in sunny San Diego. Torie is the author of the Mexican Keto Cookbook which serves as a resource for anti-inflammatory living with delicious recipes, which is now available on Amazon. In 2015 she founded The Vida Well, a wellness and education brand rooted in preventive living. For the past decade, Torie has worked alongside leading and progressive naturopaths, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and local San Diego doctors. Torie’s own health journey created her passion to help people live a preventive lifestyle, which means not to wait until you’re sick to change your habits. Torie’s approach to wellness stems from her passion to help others not be scared of food because food should taste good.  She loves teaching people how to live a healthier life. It can be a concept as simple as adding adaptogens to their daily routine, or educating them that “fat” does not make you fat, or helping them with flavorful recipes that might get them to love kale as much as she does. Torie is a regular contributor to food and health brands and is a wellness/ recipe consultant for companies such as LYFT headquarters, The Butcher’s Daughter Group, Siete Foods, Chosen Foods, Rancho La Puerta, Kuli Kuli, Butcher Box, Kite Hill and many others.  Torie and her husband Josh divide their time between their home in San Diego and their certified sustainable hotel in Scorpion Bay in Baja Sur where she hosts retreats.